Gnamptogenys pristina
†Gnamptogenys pristina Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Gnamptogenys |
Species: | †G. pristina |
Binomial name | |
†Gnamptogenys pristina Baroni Urbani, 1980 |
Identification
A member of the regularis complex (in the regularis subgroup of the mordax species group).
Distribution
This taxon was described from Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †pristina. †Gnamptogenys pristina Baroni Urbani, 1980e: 2, figs. 1-4 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Dominican Republic, Miocene).
- Status as species: Keilbach, 1982: 273; Brandão, 1991: 345; Bolton, 1995b: 210; Lattke, 2002: 138 (in key); Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
Holotype: Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde Stuttgart, no. DO-1172-K-1.